I adore many things, many places and am always looking for the under-explored.
I enjoy creating what once was in my imagination into an object, a jacket, a dress, a drawing, a relationship. I'm an Abstractionist fashion designer with a fatal fetish for sleek tailoring and attentive living.
Music
I dig Bowie to no end, Prince forever, Arcade Fire, Dr. Dog, Andrew Bird, Daniel Johnston, The Raconteurs, Broken Social Scene, Mike Garson, White Stripes, John Lennon, Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, Joy Division, Deerhoof, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, TV on the Radio, Beck, Mars Volta, Jimi Hendrix, Led Z, Depeche Mode, Sonic Youth Cure, Interpol, The VU, Public Enemy, Bach, Beethoven, Louis XIV, Frank Black, the Peppers, Marley, Rilo Kiley, Roxy Music, Doves, Thom Yorke, Secret Machines, and others.
Movies
Favorites: North by Northwest, Barry Lyndon, A Clockwork Orange, Les Enfants Du Paradis, Rebecca, Network, Manhattan, Rushmore, The Man Who Fell to Earth,
Vertigo, Purple Rain, Dangerous Liasons, Belle Du Jour, Los Olvidados, The Red Shoes,The Cotton Club, The Aviator, Godfather trilogy, Star Wars, 2001, Lawrence, Patton, When We Were Kings, Citizen Kane, Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone), His Girl Friday, Trouble in Paradise,
Heat, Insider, The Hunger, City Lights, Paths of Glory, It's a Wonderful Life and others.
Television
Charlie Rose, Project Runway, Conan, Bios, TV on DVD...Sex and the City, Moonlighting, Dream on...I mainly watch Dvds/movies on TV.
Books
Dostoyevsky, Shakespeare, Tom Wolf, Henry Miller, Tolle, Osho, Greene, Dyer, David R. Hawkins, Hemmingway, Capote, Mailer, Camus, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Irving, Art books, and others.
Heroes
My parents, Bowie, Prince, Karl Lagerfeld, Jack White, Charlie Rose, Olimpia Garabet, Balenciaga, Chanel, Picasso, Van Gogh, Michaelangelo, Da Vinci, Kubrick, Welles, Capra, Duchamp, Amy Spindler, YSL, Ali, Oscar de La Hoya, Kubrick, Lucas, Beethoven, John Lennon, Gaudi,
Mike Garson, Anna Wyckoff, Xavier Cazares Cortez, Frank Gehry, Eva Vizcarra, Chaplin, Marissa " Prinzipessa!" Harris, Tom Ford, Schiaparelli, Basquiat and others.
David Bowie - Heroes
About me: I am many things to many people. To myself, I am dedicated to personal evolution, artisitc growth, and sensitivity in all aspects of my life. I believe in the sublime, in amazement, in beauty and I find these elements in many places, sometimes forgotten places. I care about fashion, but not as a dominating force in one's life but as a means to enrich our personality and to experiment with art in a tangible way. www.danielfranco.com
Who I'd like to meet: People that love life and strive to do something with it...as well as those that laugh and laugh often. In other words all of you somewhere - sometime...dig?
The DF Fall/ Holiday 06 collection will be sold exclusively this season through ICONOLOGY 323.965.9666/ 353 S. LA Brea Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90036 www.shopiconology.com Clothing in stores this coming December. ; ) Call them to reserve
your pieces now.
More?
I think u'll enjoy this one. It's pretty cool but also a little creepy too LOL. You'll need to follow these directions EXACTLY to get the proper results. Put the followwing into the address-bar of your web-browser. Type ur favorite number between 1 and 999 & then type a dot & then type your favorite color & then type a dot & then type one word that best describes your mood & then type a dot & then type the word retwistic & then type a dot & then type com & then click enter. Let me know how it turns out for you.
Project Ethos is now accepting applications for emerging fashion designers, musicians, artists, models, dancers, DJs and team for our upcoming event in March.
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